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Posted on 02/10/2004 2:34:44 PM PST by FlyLow
No one asked for these, but here are some little known facts about Texas. I know y'all just can't wait to read them!
Beaumont to El Paso: 742 miles Beaumont to Chicago: 770 miles World's first rodeo was in Pecos... July 4, 1883. The Flagship Hotel in Galveston is the only hotel in North America built over water. The Heisman Trophy was named after John William Heisman who was the first full time coach for Rice University, Houston. Brazoria County has more species of birds than any other area in North America. Aransas Wildlife Refuge is the winter home of North America's only remaining flock of whooping cranes. Jalapeno jelly originated in Lake Jackson in 1978. The worst natural disaster in U.S. history was in 1900 caused by a hurricane in which over 8000 lives were lost on Galveston Island. The first word spoken from the moon, July 20, 1969, was "Houston." El Paso is closer to California than to Dallas. Laredo is the world's largest inland port. Tyler Municipal Rose Garden is the world's largest rose garden with over 38,000 bushes with 500 varieties on 22 acres. The State shell is Lightning Whelk. King Ranch is larger than Rhode Island. Tropical Storm Claudette brought a U.S. rainfall record of 43" in 24 hours in and around Alvin in July 1979. Texas is the only state to enter the U.S. by TREATY, instead of by annexation. (This allows the Texas flag to fly a t the same height as the US flag.) A Live Oak tree near Fulton is estimated to be 1500 years old. Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in the state. Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. There is no period after Dr in Dr Pepper. Texas has had six capital cities . 1. Washington-on-the-Brazos 2. Harrisburg 3. Galveston 4. Velasco 5. West Columbia 6. Austin The Capitol Dome in Austin is the only dome in the U.S. which is taller than the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. (by 7 feet). The name Texas comes from the Hasini Indian word "Tejas" meaning friends. Tejas is not Mexican for Texas. The State animal is the Armadillo. * The first domed stadium in the U.S. was the Astrodome in Houston.
IT IS THE ONLY STATE THAT CAN HAVE A REFERENDUM AND DIVIDE ITSELF INTO FIVE (5) STATES, PER ITS TREATY TO BECOME PART OF THE UNITED STATES.
*An interesting bit of trivia about the armadillo is they always have four babies! They have one egg which splits into four and they either have four males or four females. Well... I thought it was interesting anyway!
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To: Joe Hadenuf
Yet you allow millions of illegal aliens to run loose all over the state?If you're going to be a broken record then you can at least admit the problem is just as big if not bigger in California.
Pot.....kettle
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posted on
02/10/2004 2:58:35 PM PST
by
ChuckHam
To: FlyLow
I had a cool book about texas once, it was called "Texas Brags".
Had a great story about a farmer in the panhandle who was driving two mules with a load of corn to town and it was so hot the corn began to pop, the mules thought it was snow and froze to death.
Sometimes when a blue northerner comes through, the camp fires freeze, then the texans grind them up to make chili powder!
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posted on
02/10/2004 2:58:49 PM PST
by
tet68
To: elbucko
Oklahoma's a terrific place to be from.
To: FlyLow
Also Jim Pope - the Sec/Tres of the 504th MP BN Assoc. lives in Balinger. A really fine feller.
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posted on
02/10/2004 3:00:16 PM PST
by
sandydipper
(Never quit - never surrender!)
To: shaggy eel
Armadillo.......possum on the half shell.
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posted on
02/10/2004 3:00:58 PM PST
by
tet68
To: FlyLow; Flyer
Ping
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posted on
02/10/2004 3:02:40 PM PST
by
bobbyd
(HAT....bunch of bald guys...... old and UGly bald guys)
To: narby
That's the reason there's that old country song, "Lookin' at Texas in my rearview mirror"
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posted on
02/10/2004 3:02:52 PM PST
by
ErnBatavia
(Some days you're the windshield; some days you're the bug)
To: Johnny_Cipher
Have you heard of Earth, Texas? Funny true story from a friend of my Dad. The man from Earth was driving through Arizona and was stopped for speeding. The officer asked him where he was from and he replied, Earth. The officer was not amused.
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posted on
02/10/2004 3:04:34 PM PST
by
hobson
To: FlyLow
Another interesting fact that more people fought at the Alamo from the states of OH, KY, TN, AL, and many other states, than people from the TX Teritory (If I remember right, that number was 3). So TX you are welcome. Your ability to join the US was paid for with the blood of NON Texans. Everything is big in TX including their egos. Oh, my wife is from TX so you can understand my point of view.
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posted on
02/10/2004 3:04:51 PM PST
by
MPJackal
(Simper Gumby)
To: tet68
It is so flat in Texas, an echo takes 8 hours to return.
This is nice as before you go to sleep, you just yell
"wake up".
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posted on
02/10/2004 3:05:26 PM PST
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
(A little knowledge is dangerous.-- I live dangerously::))
To: FlyLow; bobbyd; 1riot1ranger; Action-America; Aggie Mama; Alkhin; Allegra; American72; antivenom; ..
Texas stuff *PING!*
As always, a FReep mail will get you on or off this Houston topics ping list.
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posted on
02/10/2004 3:05:39 PM PST
by
Flyer
(Don't help elect a Democrat!)
To: bobbyd
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posted on
02/10/2004 3:05:57 PM PST
by
bobbyd
(Damn, I've been tagged.....)
To: cavtrooper21
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posted on
02/10/2004 3:06:20 PM PST
by
philetus
(Keep doing what you always do and you'll keep getting what you always get)
To: shaggy eel
I have never eaten an armadillo. They are carriers of leprosy I believe.
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posted on
02/10/2004 3:07:03 PM PST
by
Ditter
To: shaggy eel
Armadillo Stew
1 armadillo; shelled, cleaned and cut into chunks
1 pound dried pinto beans, cleaned and soaked
1 large onion, chopped
garlic, chili powder, cumin, cilentro salt and pepper to taste
Saute meat in oil. Add beans, onion and seasonings to meat. Cover with water. Cook until beans are done. May need to add more water.
Yield: 8 servings.
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posted on
02/10/2004 3:07:59 PM PST
by
philetus
(Keep doing what you always do and you'll keep getting what you always get)
To: FlyLow
The San Jacinto Monument is taller than the Washington Monument and this fact really irritates the staff at the Washington Post.
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posted on
02/10/2004 3:08:50 PM PST
by
Deguello
To: ErnBatavia
"Happiness is Lubbock, Texas in my rearview mirror"
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posted on
02/10/2004 3:08:50 PM PST
by
philetus
(Keep doing what you always do and you'll keep getting what you always get)
To: You Dirty Rats
Hell In Texas
THE DEVIL, we're told, in hell was chained,
And a thousand years he there remained,
And he never complained, nor did he groan,
But determined to start a hell of his own
Where he could torment the souls of men
Without being chained to a prison pen.
So he asked the Lord if He had on hand
Anything left when He made the land.
Tle Lord said, 'Yes, I had plenty on hand,
But I left it down on the Rio Grand
The fact is, old boy, the stuff is so poor,
I don't think you could use it in hell any more."
But the devil went down to look at the truck,
And said if it came as a gift, he was stuck;
For after examining it careful and well
He concluded the place was too dry for hell.
So in order to get it off His hands
God promised the devil to water the lands.
For he had some water, or rather some dregs,
A regular cathartic that smelt like bad eggs.
Hence the deal was closed and the deed was given,
And the Lord went back to His place in Heaven.
And the devil said, 'I have all that is needed
To make a good hell," and thus he succeeded.
He began to put thorns on all the trees,
And he mixed the sand with millions of fleas,
He scattered tarantulas along all the roads,
Put thorns on the cacti and homs on the toads;
He lengthened the homs of the Texas steers
And put an addition on jack rabbits' ears.
He put little devils in the broncho steed
And poisoned the feet of the centipede.
The rattlesnake bites you, the scorpion stings,
The mosquito delights you by buzzing his wings.
The sand burrs prevail, so do the ants,
And those that sit down need half soles on their pants.
The devil then said that throughout the land
He'd manage to keep up the devil's own brand,
And all would be mavericks unless they bore
Tle marks of scratches and bites by the score.
The heat in the summer is a hundred and ten,
Too hot for the devil and too hot for men.
Tle wild boar roams through the black chaparral,
It's a hell of a place be has for a hell;
Tle red pepper grows by the bank of the brook,
The Mexicans use it in all that they cook.
Just dine with a Greaser and then you will shout,
"I've a hell on the inside as well as without."
Unknown Author
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posted on
02/10/2004 3:10:15 PM PST
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
(A little knowledge is dangerous.-- I live dangerously::))
To: FlyLow
Awesome, "I would like 8 new senators and a coke to go please."
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posted on
02/10/2004 3:10:35 PM PST
by
D Rider
To: You Dirty Rats
Who is Phil Sheridan?
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